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The Hacienda
Describes the author's teenage marriage to a South American aristocrat twenty years her senior, her disillusionment, and her struggle to find the strength to build a new life in the heart of the Andean wilderness
Keepers Of The House
Since the eighteenth century the eccentric and flamboyant Beltran family have ruled their desolate Andean valley. Now they are almost extinct. At seventeen, Lydia Sinclair, newly married to Don Diego Beltran, the last of the line, arrives at the vast decaying Hacienda La Bebella. As her husband retreats into himself, Lydia takes refuge in unearthing his ancestors' tragic history. Benito, the family's oldest retainer, relates to her tales of splendour and romance, violence and suffering. From these she weaves a rich gothic tapestry in which the fantastic legends of the past are mingled with the present necessity for survival in a harsh, drought-ridden land.
Mozambique Mysteries
'On my first visit to Mozambique I was curious. By my second, I was in love, both with the country and with the man I was travelling with' This memoir is about turning 50 and finding a new direction.
Memory Maps
I am a wanderer: one with a hoarder's love of houses and things... I am tracing here a memory map of all the places that have stayed with me and, since this is also a map of all the voyages of discovery, this is also the story of the getting to those places.' In Memory Map, probably her most personal book, Lisa charts a life spent in all corners of the world, from Wimbledon to the Venezuelan Andes, from the Caribbean to Ghana, and confesses to wanderlust and fate as being her chief guides. An itinerant lifestyle creates an unpredictable personal life though and Lisa writes movingly about being the support for three children by three different husbands and also, of the pain of failing to be strong.
A Valley in Italy
Of all the romantic obsessions in novelist Lisa St Aubin de Teran's life, the search for a castle occupied her the longest--until she saw the magnificent Villa Orsola deep in the Umbrian hills. Only after eagerly signing the ownership papers did she and her husband, painter Robbie Duff-Scott, discover they were the owners of a vast ruin lacking windowpanes, parts of the roof, and other essentials. A Valley in Italy recounts its restoration in the grand style of impossible house and the charms of bohemian family life. It also offers a rare portrait of the life of a. Italian village, where "all things are made to be as enjoyable as possible." " Lisa St Aubin de Teran's intuitive sense of place, her affection for the people around her, and her appreciation for native Italian grace make this a memorable book that can stand beside the best accounts of Italian life.
Elements of Italy
"The romance of Italy has for centuries inspired all who have been drawn to her shores. Lord Byron loved here and continues to lure others in his wake; Keats, knowing his days were numbered, came to Rome to die by the Spanish Steps; Stendhal concluded that the charm of Italy "is akin to that of being in love;" and Browning said, "Open up my heart and you will see graved inside of it, 'Italy.'"" "Lisa St. Aubin de Teran's love affair with Italy began when she was only eight years old and first read Byron's letters. In this anthology, she conveys the essence of her adopted country by dividing it into the four classical elements of earth, fire, air and water. St. Aubin de Teran deftly presents the writings of a stunning variety of writers, a heavenly chorus of Italy's most ardent admirers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Joanna
Written by the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Gregory Award, this family drama features a trinity of women bound by compulsion and secrecy. Joanna, an abomination to her mother, discovers the inheritance that has shadowed her family for generations.
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The Bay of Silence
A new edition of the best-selling fourth novel. It all appears innocent enough: a handsome couple in their thirties - she an actress, he a successful graphic designer - revisiting Sestri Levante on the Italian Riviera where they once spent their honeymoon. But it is not at all innocent. The couple have been driven here by paranoia - by a slow dread of what will happen to the two of them and to their daughters if anyone finds out about their baby Amadeo, whose identity, and even whose existence, is at the heart of the schizophrenic illness from which Rosalind has long suffered. Two people hiding the world from each other, Rosalind and William cannot escape the chilling truth that lies at the ...
The Slow Train to Milan
A new edition of Lisa St Aubin de Teráns second novel (first published 1983 by Jonathan Cape), winner of the John Llewllyn Rhys Memorial Prize (1983).
